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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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154 <strong>Convex</strong> Bodies<br />

Proof.<br />

�<br />

1<br />

2 w(C)<br />

�d V (B d ) d = Wd−1(C) d = V (C, B d ,...,B d ) d ≥ V (C)V (B d ) d−1 ,<br />

where we have used Corollary 7.1, the relation Wd−1(C) = V (C, B d ,...,B d ) <strong>and</strong><br />

Minkowski’s first inequality, see Theorem 6.11. ⊓⊔<br />

Stability of Geometric Inequalities<br />

Given a geometric inequality for which equality holds for special convex bodies, for<br />

example for balls, ellipsoids, or simplices, the following stability problem arises.<br />

Problem 8.1. Let C be a convex body for which in a given geometric inequality there<br />

is equality up to ε>0. How far does C deviate, in terms of ε, from convex bodies<br />

for which the equality sign holds?<br />

There is a body of interesting pertinent results, see the survey of Groemer [403].<br />

Generalized Surface Area<br />

Besides the common Euclidean norm, consider a second norm on E d .Inthisnew<br />

normed space or Minkowski space the natural notion of volume is the ordinary volume<br />

V (Haar measure), possibly up to a multiplicative constant. Likewise, surface<br />

area is determined in each hyperplane up to a multiplicative constant, but now the<br />

constant may depend on the hyperplane. Several different natural proposals for this<br />

dependence have been made by Busemann [181], Holmes <strong>and</strong> Thompson [521] <strong>and</strong><br />

Benson [96]. Busemann, for example, considers (d −1)-dimensional Hausdorff measure<br />

with respect to the new norm. These proposals amount to the introduction of an<br />

o-symmetric convex body I ,theisoperimetrix, which may be obtained from the unit<br />

ball B in a variety of ways. For Busemann the isoperimetrix is the polar of the intersection<br />

body of B. For Holmes–Thompson it is the projection body of the polar of<br />

B. Thegeneralized surface area SI (C) of a convex body C then is defined to be<br />

SI (C) = lim<br />

ε→+0<br />

V (C + εI ) − V (C)<br />

.<br />

ε<br />

Compare the definition of Minkowski surface area in Sect. 6.4. Since, by Minkowski’s<br />

theorem on mixed volumes,<br />

V (C + εI ) = V (C) + dV(I, C,...,C)ε + O(ε 2 ) as ε →+0,<br />

the generalized surface area exists <strong>and</strong> is equal to dV(I, C ...,C).

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